Water budgets and nutrients in a native Banksia woodland and an adjacent Medicago sativa pasture

Plant and Soil

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-319

  Ward, P R ^a,b   Fillery, I R P ^a,b   Maharaj, E A ^c   Dunin, F X ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Native vegetation; Nutrient cycling; Secondary salinity; Water balance; Water use

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASTURE; WATER BUDGET; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA PRIONOTES; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PRIONOTES;

EID: 0344858005     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027331712165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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